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Show U.S.L1KETIIIG AGEHGY ASKED BY BROOKHART Iowa Farmer Told That Drastic Action by Con-' Con-' greu at Special Session Must Be Had ELDON. la, July It CBy A. P-V . A govemmsnt marketing agency. ' which It possible by speedy and drastic action at a special seseloa of congress, la necessary to aava agriculture from tha . "Impending calamity," Senator Smith W. Brook- - hart aald. hara today m addressing tha Farmer' nnioa picnic. Thle . government marketing agency, will after only temporary raHaf." Senator Brook hart aald. "A ; . complete ramady la found In coop-ratlv coop-ratlv control of production, pro-cesaliog. pro-cesaliog. credit and marketing by tha farmer themselves. ' FARMERS EXPLOITED. "Tha erttlea of tha graat pro-iraaalva pro-iraaalva movrmant In tha Waat da- acrlba it aa a temporary parlod of ' vnraat. Any concrata or conatruc-tlva conatruc-tlva ramady for thia ttuatlon la da- fined aa radlcallam or ridiculed aa foolish panacea. They narer fail to end up their dlacuaaion with denouncing de-nouncing tha alliance of tha farmara farm-ara and the laborlnc people aa unholy, un-holy, 111 advleed and vlcloaa. In anawar, I aay that agriculture haa alwaya been exploited by the middle man In -our economic oraanlaation." Ha aald that In 11I tha farmer received alz billion dolUra for hia producta, but that the eonaumer - paid thirteen billion . dollars for them. "I visited fifteen eountriee m Europe and found crops everywhere better than last year, and very much better In Russia. I also found the purchasing power of the people of Europe Is reduced because of the Ruhr Invasion and tne consequent .unemployment In England and Germany. Ger-many. The apeculatora know of . these facta and have beaten the price down accordingly, but have concealed them from the farmers as much as possible, fearing from them a demand for an extra aeaslon of congresa As soon as I returned I made such, demand and broadcast broad-cast It over the country and the press save it will not be headed by the president.' PRICE FIXING CHARGED. Senator Brookhart then stated ' that the price of the farmer producta prod-ucta owing to atonic IS per cent of them being exported, la fixed In tha competitive markets of the world. "This la not fair," he aald. "The farmer Is entitled to charge for hta products aold at home at ' tha coat of production and a reasonable rea-sonable -profit. This can only be dona aa ta tha preeent crop by a government marketing agency that " will bid eueh a price to the farmers. Tha tariff ahauld prevent oompetl-. oompetl-. tlon from abroad under theea circumstances, cir-cumstances, the tame a It doaa In 1 steel. Tha-only loaa then under . euch an operation would be from ' tha surplus sold abroad, which would not be very great." Tha speech waa the first of a aeries ae-ries that Senator Brookhart has " promised to deliver In hla effort " to have tha president call an extra aeaslon. |